Medal - British Empire Exhibition 1924

Medal - British Empire Exhibition 1924 - obverseMedal - British Empire Exhibition 1924 - reverse

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Features

Location United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
King George V (1910-1936)
Type Souvenir medals › Event souvenir
Year 1924
Composition Bronze (Also in Gilt Bronze & Cupro-Nickel)
Weight 9.30 g
Diameter 27.73 mm
Thickness 1.93 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
30962
References BHM# 4194,
Laurence Brown; 1980. British Historical Medals / Volume 1. The Accession of George III to the Death of William IV. Seaby, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.
Eimer# 1991
Christopher Eimer; 2010. British Commemorative Medals and their Values. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Winged helmeted head facing left

Script: Latin

Lettering:
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(To right of head) McM

Engraver: W Mcmillan

Reverse

Ship with crane in background

Script: Latin

Lettering:
.THE.BRITISH EMPIRE.EXHIBITION.1924.
(At bow of ship) MCM

Engraver: W Mcmillan

Edge

Plain

Mint

Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)

Comments

A world tour headed by Major Ernest Belcher in 1922 that lasted 10 months was mounted to promote participation, with Agatha Christie and her husband among the participants.

It was opened by King George V on St George's Day, 23 April 1924. The British Empire contained 58 countries at that time, and only Gambia and Gibraltar did not take part. It cost £12 million and was the largest exhibition ever staged anywhere in the world - it attracted 27 million visitors.

British Empire Exhibition's official aim was "to stimulate trade, strengthen bonds that bind mother Country to her Sister States and Daughters, to bring into closer contact the one with each other, to enable all who owe allegiance to the British flag to meet on common ground and learn to know each other". Maxwell Ayrton was the architect for the project. The three main buildings were the Palaces of Industry, Engineering and Arts. The Palace of Engineering was the world's largest reinforced concrete building, a building method that allowed quick construction.
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Also struck in Gilt Bronze and Cupro-Nickel

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